Wooden building



I. G. STADELMAN.

WOODEN BUILDING..

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, IBI?.

1,37%206. PatentedMar. 22,1921.

' 3 sHEETs-SHEU 1.

o o CQ ma* n /l I SP2 o Ifl' o `l \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ll \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\=A J. G. STADELMAN.

WOODEN BUILDING.

APPLICATION FILED JuNEzs, 1911.

Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

3 SHEETS-SHEEl 3.

UNITED Asizfni-s* Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar 22, 192i.

Application inea :gne as, i917. serial 1ro. 176,463.

ToA all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH G. STADELMAN, a citizen of the `United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and of whichN the following is a full, clear, con# oise, and eXact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a art of this specification. f.

yginvention. relates to wooden buildings. rMy invention is particularly concerned with .portable buildings or houses, constructed ofwood, and made to be quickly and easily assembled and disassembled. This type of house is ordinarily manufac tured in sectional style, each unit accurately cut and jointedpfor quick erection. This type of construction has heretofore generally entailed some sacrifice .in the staunchness and solidity of the house for resisting the weather as compared with a permanent house.

My invention provides a ysectional house which can be quickly and easily erected and which I' find to -be equal to a permanent house of the same character in ability to resist the weather. i Chief among thefeatures of construction achieving this result is a siding panel construction having double walls, wherein an inc'losed volume of air in each of the siding panelsl tends to insulate the walls of the house against heat conduction inward or outward. y

One serious objection to houses of this type heretofore has been ythe inability to withstand a high wind. Due to the sectional natur ofthe construction, Na lhigh wind usuallyblows away 'a section of the roof, the side walls or the like. My invention aims to provide such a staunch con.

structiony so well interconnected that the house will resist any wind vshort ofblowing the whole structure away. To this end I have provided means for interconnecting thev roof sections with, each other and with the y wall panels, for interconnecting the wall panels with each otherand with the sills, and for interconnecting the sills and )oists of the licor. A

The structure forming the subJect matter of this application'is related to, and is an improvement upon, the vstructure disclosed in my co-pending application, Serial No. 85,825, filed March `22, 1916;

It is to be understood that my invention may. be embodied in other forms than that herein set forth, as for example,

poultry houses, barns and the like, without -departng from the invention'. useful Improvement in vWooden Buildings, ,i

In the drawings:

view, from the interior of a house constructed in accordance with my invention,

vshowing the siding under'erection;

garages,

Fig. 2 is a horizontal' sectional view through the joint ofv two wall panels Fig. 3 1s a fragmentary perspective view of the roof truss, roof panels, ceiling panels, wallL anels and wall plate in position forV assein ling; i

Fig, 4 is a perspective view of the sill and the lower end of a wall panelv adapted to rest 1n the sill; l

assembling; Fig. 6 isa sectional view through the roof truss showing the manner of supportingthe ceilingv panels; and

'Fig. I"1' `is a vertical section` through the side wall, floor and roof.

A suitable foundation of posts, blocks, or.

a concrete sub-sill is first laid, after which the sillvmembers S are secured thereupon to` define the perimeter of the house.

The sill members each comprise an outer plate'10,a

Fig. 5 isfa sectional view of the same after sillbeam 11, and a liller strip 12'therebe- Y tween and the side walls have a shoulder strip 13 upon which thejoists 14 are supported. Blocks 15, l15 on opposite'sides of the joists 14: prevent lateral movement of the joists along the shoulder strip 13. The frames of each of the wall panels 16 consist of the top, intermediate and lower cross rails 17, 18, and 19 respectively. The boarding of both the outer wall 20 and the inner wall 21 is tongue and -groove jointed to provide av weather-.tight surface and this boarding is nailed or-otherwise secured to the three cross lstrengthen the frame of the panels 16 and prevent twisting or warping of the boarding 2() upon/fthe cross rails and in addition afford convenient connecting members for securing the edges of adjoining wall panels together, as will be described hereinafter.

ico`

'members 22 of adjoining wall panels.

, The lower cross rail 19 is considerably wider than the other rails and protrudes be# 'becontiguously arranged upon the sill S,

dependent upon the length of wall desired and the length of the sill. Obviouslythese sections may be provided with windows and doors therein, wherever desired. After erection of the series of panels the same are bolted together by bolts 25 passed through holes 26 alined in the adjacent studdig s shown in Fig. lfthe inner wall 21 of the panels is incomplete as purchased'by the builder, two or] three boards thereof being absent adjacent the studding members 22 to permit accessl to both faces of the studs for insertion of the bolts 25. These ,absent boards are to be applied l after bolting of thesections has been completed, as shown in Fig. 2.y These boards are applied alternately to eachof the inner walls of the. adjoining panels until one board remains. This last board has one side of the groove therein cutaway, as shown at 27, thereby permitting its insertion over the f tongue. of the companion board. Thus far,

it will be apparent that the lower ends of the wall panels will be restrained from lat- .eral movement by engagement of the cross rails 19 inthe groove 24 in the sill and longitudinal or separating movement of the panels will be prevented by the bolts between thestuds of adjoining panels.

The-wall plate member 30 which is built up as shown in Fig. 3 is arranged to s eat astride the tops of the-wall panels 16. A framing abeam 31 has nailed on opposite y sides4 thereof the filler strips 32 and 33 and to these are secured the Iouter and inner wall plates 34 and 35, respectively. The filler strips '.32 and 33 are comparatively narrow Y and afford recesses or grooves for the recep- 20 and 21.

ltion of the to s of the outer and inner walls he framing beam 31 projects down betweenthe walls of the panel `and seatsr upon theuppercross rail 17. The

7 outer and .inner wall plates 34 and 35 overlie the tops of the outer and inner walls and conceal any slight irregularities in the len'gths of the boarding of these walls. The

vwallplate member 30 is adapted to be po sitioned upon the wall panels vand, nailed or otherwise secured to said panels after the wall panels have been bolted'together and therabsent boards all applied. The wall plate member absolutely secures the upper ends of all the wall panels against lateral movement therebetween. These wall plate members are supplied in lengths identical with the lengths of the sill members S and the two combine into a bundle which'is readily transportable.

Bonding notches 36 are cut in the top of the wall plate member 30 at regular intervals, preferably coincident with the joints yroof proper is divided into roof sections or panels 43, similarly to sections of the wall structure. These roof panels also consist of tongued and grooved boarding extending longitudinally of the roof and having cleats 44 nailed transversely across said panels to bind the individual boards of the panel together. The cleats 44 are spaced a short distance from the edges of the panels and the cleats of two contiguous roof sections are arranged to lie on opposite sides of the rafter 39 when the panels are in place upon the rafters, as shown in Fig. 3. Bolts 45 passing through alined holes 46 in the cleats and rafter bind the roof trusses and roof panels together. The roof panels 43 extend in length from center to center of' successive rafters 39 and' extend in breadth from the peak of the roof to beyond the wall plate member 30 to form projecting eaves for obtaining symmetry and for improving the appearance of the house. rlfhe end roof panels are preferably of greater length so as to extend out over the gables to forni projecting eaves, though this is not essential. These details are of minor importance in the present application and reference therefore should be made to my co-pending application, previously mentioned, wherein they are fully shown and described. The meeting lines between adjoining roof panels may be weatherproofed by applying battens over the joints though I prefer to apply a prepared pliable roofing fabric 62 over the entire roof'as shown in Fig. 7. The edges of the roofing`62 are carefully fastened down as shown in "ig. 7 to prevent the Wind from getting under the same.

On opposite sides of the tiebeam 41 are the shoulder strips 47, 47 (see Figs. 3 and 6) secured thereto as by nails 48 or the like. These shoulder strips support the ceiling panels 49, extending from tiebeam to tiebeam. The ceiling panels 49 consist of tongue and groove boarding or wall board running longitudinally of the house and- Ahaving cross rails or cleats 50, 50 nailed across the ends of the boarding or wall board to hold the same together. The width of the panels is equal to half the width; of the house, adjacent panels meeting directly beneath the kmg post 42, and thus they may be positioned after the roof panelsI 43 are in place by inserting them dia onally up between the rafter trusses an dropping them upon the strips 47. The strips 47 extend across the entire width of the house abutting the interior faces of opposite wall plate members 30. l

The engagement of the notch 40 formed in the rafter 39 with the notch 36 cut in the top of the wall plate member 30 effectually ties the side wall plate members 30, 30 and the wall panels 16 together against lateral displacement. The rafter 39 is secured to the upper rail 17 by a strap of iron 61 so that the roof is securely held to the siding panels 16.

The ilooring is constructed in sections 52, 52 similarly to the roofing panels, but has parallel cleats or cross rails 53, 53 in s acecl relation thereunder, to embrace the si es of the joints 14, as shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 5 I have shown in detail the manner of interconnecting the sill S', the joists 14 and the wall panels 16. After these` parts are assembled a tiebolt 55 is inserted through the alined holes 56 and57 in the sill Sand the cross rail 19, respectively, as seen in Fig. 4. Screws 58 are screwed through holes in the lug portion 59 of the bolt into the joist 14 and a nut 60 serves to draw the bolt up. The bolts 55 thus hold the floor joists, the sill 11, and the wall panels 16 together.

The space between the double walls of the siding panels provides a dead air space whichforms a good heat insulator.

It can now be seen that all the parts of the house are joined together so that there after explained, the lower portions of the house consisting of the joists, sill and wall panels are all interconnected by the tie bolts l55 and the upper portions consisting of the wall panels, wall plate and roof panels are all interconnected by the roof trusses. Thus destructive winds acting upon the roof or walls are resisted by the house as an entirety.

I claim: v

In combination, a plurality of wall panels, having outer and inner walls composed of vertically extending boards, cross rails adjacent to the to s' of said outer and inner walls of said wa l panels, a Wall plate having grooves for receiving the tops of the walls of said wall panels, said wall plate resting on said cross rails, a roof truss comprising rafters and a tie beam, eachrafter cut-to form shoulders to contact with the outer face of the wall plate, ceiling supporting strips on the tie beam, the ends of said strips forming shoulders to engage -the inner face of the Wall plate, the wall plate provided With a notch to receive each rafter, and "a, fastening strap secured to said rooi1 truss and to the inner wall of the wall panel to secure said roof truss and said wall plate upon the wall panels.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 20th day of June, A. D. 1917.

JOSEPH G. STADELMAN.

sov 

